Found 2 items, similar to baste.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: baste baste v 1: cover with liquid before cooking; “baste a roast” 2: strike violently and repeatedly; “She clobbered the man who tried to attack her” [syn: clobber, batter] 3: sew together loosely, with large stitches; “baste a hem” [syn: tack] baste n : loose temporary stitches [syn: basting, tacking]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Baste Baste \Baste\ (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Basted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basting.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw. basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.] 1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel. [1913 Webster] One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. [1913 Webster] 3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Baste \Baste\, v. t. [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b?tir, prob. fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast bast. See Bast.] To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]